Sentences with phrase «third thing the author»

The third thing the author should do, after the manuscript is as «good» as she can get it, is to find a reputable editor and have it edited.

Not exact matches

The author focuses on two contrasting ways of life that were open to Christians in the third decade of the Movement: to live according to the example of Christ, or to set their minds on earthy, sensual things.

It's only when you add a third body — the hiring institution — that things get really difficult, say the authors of a forthcoming book.

Third: one of Australia's best known kids» authors Paul Jennings wrote a story entitled «Spaghetti Pig Out» which featured a magic remote control that affected living things with hilarious results.

And then for a third thing, I think content strategy, which we kind of touched on at the very, very beginning — content strategy is something that a lot of authors don't have a lot of knowledge or experience about, but I think is really important for long - term platform building.

Third, you have to have a blurb ready when you send the book to an agent — and your elevator pitch, etc. — and some publishers actually want an author's input on such things.

Fierce Kingdom is the Alabama author's third novel and was sold (as Beautiful Things) for almost $ 1 million prior to the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair.

Self - published authors can hire freelance editors to comb their books for typos and grammatical mistakes, but when it comes to structural editing — telling the author the third quarter of a novel is too windy or insisting that the current ending needs to be tossed out entirely and redone, things no writer likes to hear but some writers need to — an editor - for - hire is much less motivated to displease her client even when demanding major rewrites would make for a better book.

The third thing I believe every author needs in their marketing plan is a subscriber email list.

Jim Curtis is an awesome guy and a great author, and I finally figured out about the third thing I beta - read for him that he puts in a comma every time he'd pause for breath if he were telling the story out loud.

The third installment in the mesmerizing series from the irrepressible, # 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.Blue Sargent has found things.

I still think authors having a mediator (or a third person within the industry to rely on) is crucial because it helps keeping things balanced, the publishers function should not be overlooked, their job is extremely important.

Indie authors will become more dependent on third party services to do the collection of things that we call publishing.

One thing I like about the Year Zero website (which is why I am telling you) is — surprise — they have a section for free book downloads; they introduce the author and the title and point you, for example, to a third - party like Smashwords, which long - time readers of this blog will recognize.